I was at Michael's and saw these ribbons, and I had to. The black-and-white isn't exactly springy, I know, but I think I more than make up for it with the brightly coloured flowers and the pink, green, and blue chevrons. The finished products are so cheerful!
The only thing I hadn't done here was affix labels, because at this point, I became certain I needed a new label. A new logo. A new look. Again. So after I sewed these up I spent the rest of the day putting together the new branding with the help of a friend (Mostly to say, "That one!" when I waffled.) I thought it was fitting when, I had finally printed the right sized labels, I put them on these collars first.
Squee! Now I have small labels for small collars and big labels for big collars. I may have to make some mini labels, because even the small ones didn't fit on my cat-sized ruffled collars, due to the way the ribbon is made and sewn to the collar.
And, what with having new labels on everything, I needed new pictures for my listings! I checked what I had full sets of, and took new pictures. A few collections were left out, such as my Animal Prints (My photography set still has OLD stitching, wow.) and cat-sized Mushrooms (Missing the blue.) I did as well as I could. I did notice after that in most of my listing photos the o-ring was just blown out, but I'm not sure if that matters? I don't think people click to see what the o-ring is about, it's just a nice touch when they realise that my collars are pretty + tough.
I'm also noticing that the reflector I use is not doing its job right, but I guess that's understandable, since it's a piece of aluminum foil-covered cardboard that I set at whatever angle seems best at the time, but I'm usually taking pictures for so long that I don't notice if a cloud passes and the angle changes. I need a proper reflector. Or a light and an aluminum foil-covered umbrella! I'm very DIY. Also, cheap.
Speaking of reflector, this cat:
Is a monster! Don't be fooled by that face, she's a bitch. I usually take her pictures first because she is pushy and gets up on the box anyway, and she's very into wearing "her costumes" and posing. I also find it gets Peach, who doesn't like picture-time as much, excited. Peach wants the attention and treats too! And after an hour of being told to go away while Astrid gets attention and treats for sitting on a box (Scary!) in front of a paper-covered window (Scarier!) Peach just wants to get up there.
So I shoo Astrid away, right? I shoo her, get Peach up on the box, and tell her how brave she is while I arrange her and take her collar off. I always put the model collars on very open so they just slip on and off, and she prefers that to the buckles. They're tough buckles, I find them very hard to just pinch open without tugging Peach all over the place. So she's getting into it, giving me little faces and turning in circles and standing (Basically, imitating Astrid, although it's harder to get cute product pictures out of Peach while she does that because she is very hairy and the hair tends to cover the collar) and then Astrid THROWS THE REFLECTOR AT HER.
I had it on a chair, angled downwards, and the cat just jumps on the chair, looks around the reflector, then puts her paws against it and pushes.
Peach's eyes bugged out and she leapt off the box, flinging it away, and into my lap, where she cowered and tried to dance away from the reflector. It weighs less than a pound. I yelled at Astrid and she ran a few steps away, so I smacked the floor and she ran out of the kitchen, turned at the threshold, sat down, and purred. Loudly. I had nothing on hand to throw at her so I shook my fist menacingly. Peach shook herself pathetically.
Yeah, I had to wave treats in Peach's face and coo at about twenty times the pressure after that just to get her to not look bug-eyed and sad. She kept eyeballing the reflector and jumped again when Astrid snuck up on me and sat in the collars, purring.
I did get one excellent picture before Astrid's shenanigans...
"Donuts? I love donuts!"
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